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Table 4 Association between serum bilirubin concentration and (TA)n UGT1A1 gene promoter variants

From: Serum Bilirubin Concentrations and the Prevalence of Gilbert Syndrome in Elite Athletes

UGT1A1 genotype

Elite athletes (n = 136)

General population (n = 605)

Males (n = 90)

Females (n = 46)

Males (n = 279)

Females (n = 326)

n

Bilirubin

n

Bilirubin

n

Bilirubin

n

Bilirubin

(TA)6/6

+35 (38.9%)

9.8

(8.1–13)

21

(45,7%)

8.3*

(6.3–9.9)

121

(43.4%)

9.2

(6.7–11.5)

++145

(44.5%)

6.5

(4.7–9.1)

(TA)6/7

41 (45.6%)

14.0*

(10.5–17)

17

(37%)

10.4*

(8.5–13)

143

(51.3%)

11.3

(8.0–15.2)

151

(46.3%)

8.2

(6.2–10.4)

(TA)7/7

14 (15.6%)

28.6

(18.5–33.5)

8

(17.4%)

22.2*

(15.8–25.5)

38

(13.6%)

21.6

(14.6–28.4)

30

(9.2%)

14.6

(10.0–19.8)

P-value**

 

< 0.05

 

< 0.05

    
  1. Data expressed in µmol/L as median and IQ range. *P < 0.05 for comparisons with the general population of the appropriate gender. **ANOVA on ranks with Dunn's post hoc analysis was used for all pairwise comparisons
  2. +Includes 2 individuals with genotype (TA)5/6. ++Includes 1 individual with genotype (TA)5/6